Southern Baptists call for restrictions on IVF, a hot election year topic
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The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, called Wednesday for restrictions on in-vitro fertilization, as the hot-button topic of reproductive rights takes center stage ahead of the November elections.
Delegates at the Southern Baptists' annual convention adopted a resolution criticizing IVF due to the fact that the procedure often results in unused embryos being destroyed.
It said the procedure "routinely generates more embryos than can be safely implanted, thus resulting in the continued freezing, stockpiling, and ultimate destruction of human embryos, some of whom may also be subjected to medical experimentation."
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